I was born and raised in and around New York City, and I lived in the tri-state area for over thirty years. But I met and fell for a shiksa, and my exile began in earnest in March of 2006. Now we live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with our son and daughter.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

It just occurred to me that I haven't updated the Exile with my feelings on Jellicoe Road. I did write a full review* for my class, but here I'll just say this: upon closing the book, I turned to Beth and said, "That was the best book of all time."

Now, yes. I do tend to speak in superlatives. But obviously I loved it, and am fully onboard with the hype, as I proceeded to Twitter, as well.

In other news:

1. Harry got his summer short do, and looks like a completely different dog. (Less like Eddie, and more like Wishbone, that is.)

2. To the right, you will see I've added a little glossary of acronyms I use on this blog frequently, at Roo's request. If any come up that I've forgotten, do let me know. I think it looks a bit skimpy as is.

*The ongoing assignment in this class is a Mock Printz Award Nomination thing, for which I will be reading 10+ YA titles and either nominating or rejecting each for the award. I'm a little concerned about this, since I don't want to make a habit of "rejecting" any of my fellow YA authors' works. Diplomacy will be of the utmost, I suppose. I'll probably make an effort to only read greats, so that even if they get a rejection (I can't nominate everyone, after all), I'll have lots of nice things to say.

Comments

Yet another person praises Jelicoe Road. I hope I am not looking too forward to it....(I think I said that before).

I hope you will blog about your class book reviews. I am intensely interested in that balance between recommending books that worked so well (for me) and understanding that reading is subjective (especially to where I am in the process) and finally supporting other writers/books in that great search for their perfect readers. I just said all that to say, I have reading tastes and we all do but I don't want to use them just to be snarky. But yet I want to be involved in the conversation. I'm obviously trying to work this out.

Jellicoe Road was not what I need in my library right now. Sorry it took me so long to realize what you write-- I have a couple of your Stone Arch books, but they are generally slightly low for my readers. I will look forward to your new YA stuff! And it does get easier with babies. Mine are 15, 13, and 11 and all self-sufficient AND environmentally conscious!